PBS good show last night

[rwork]

"Craft in America". One artist who said he hated war did a pottery tile image of bush's*face. He perfectly captured the smirk.I love PBS.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I watched that last night, too. I really enjoyed it.

[a kennedy]

2. Saw it also.....very interesting and loved all the different types

of crafts. Good to know the arts community is alive and well in this country. Did you see the kid wearing the Russ Feingold for president t-shirt??? To cool. :patriot:

[Warpy]

4. One reason I moved to NM is to be able to buy wool

right off the critter's back because the cost of commercially spun yarn was killing me.

The other reason is that this is a visual artist/crafter's paradise. There are so many weavers, painters, potters, and other crafts people out here all feeding off each other's talent that the whole place is a visual delight. There are huge craft shows several times a year, and although the GOP economy has put a dent in the number of vendors, they're all still great places to sell, buy, and get new ideas.

You bet the craft community is out there and working. Fewer people are able to buy handcrafted items thanks to the shit economy, but we're still plugging away and hoping for better days.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. I caught it.

Three one-hour shows right in a row. All American artisans with a variety of cultural backgrounds. It was a great reminder of what we did and still do in this country. Amazing work. I LOVED the two ladies who wove the baskets. One was an African-American woman who used techniques and designs handed down to her from many generations within her own family. Fascinating program.

[AllegroRondo]

5. Awesome pottery image

all the little tiles were made of war related items - bombs, mushroom clouds, remains of buildings, and the famous "guy covered with sheet with wires on his hands, standing on a box" photo.

[blindersoff]

6. richard notkin installation

My husband and I are potters and saw the George Bush installation in person at the convention for potters in Portland last year. It was absolutely amazing and overwhelming to see that each little tile (each about 4-6 inches) had its own war theme that were fired so that when put together form a photo of the perpetrator of our current problems.

From the gallery description http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2006/04/nceca_roundup_p_1.html: "The central work in the exhibition, A Precarious Moment in History, is a mural comprised of individual tiles bearing imagery of death, warfare and destruction. Together, they form a large-scale drawing depicting the face of our current president. Here, Notkin continues working in the same process of his 1999 mural of a mushroom cloud, entitled The Gift, which can be seen at the Portland Art Museum. In his latest mural, Notkin takes more risks in his choice of subject matter, placing the current political climate within the continuum of history..."

[AllegroRondo]

7. darn picture wont load for me

but the rest of the website looks great.

[blindersoff]

8. click on the website and then go down

to where it says "richard notkin"; you will get pics of several of his installations, including the mushroom cloud one.

[AllegroRondo]

9. got it - thanks!

:)